WSOP.com takes over as country’s largest regulated poker site

Poker Fuse – WSOP.com in Nevada has surpassed the combination of partypoker and Borgata in New Jersey to become the largest online poker site regulated in the US. With a 7-day moving average of 144 cash game players, WSOP.com NV has moved into the top spot ahead of the 141 cash game seats filled on the partypoker network in New Jersey according to data provided by PokerScout to pokerfuse PRO. The steady rise in traffic for the Nevada site began in mid-May as cash game traffic rose from an average in the mid-nineties to a 7-day average of 111 just…

WSOP.com links up with New York Rangers

iGaming Business – WSOP.com, the online poker platform of Caesars Interactive Entertainment, has agreed to become the official gaming partner of NHL ice hockey franchise the New York Rangers. According to the Pokernews.com website, the deal emerged last week when a promotion was posted on the WSOP.com website. Until April 5, WSOP.com players in the US state of New Jersey can use a promotional code to be automatically entered into a draw to win one of four grand prizes including a home visit from a former Rangers player. Other prizes on offer include match tickets to selected home games and…

Two Poker Sites Running Away With New Jersey Online Poker Market

Online Poker Report – According to tracking data from the latest Scouting Report – a daily analysis publication from PokerScout.com – the Party / Borgata Network and WSOP.com together account for over 80% of the total online poker market in New Jersey. As of December 22nd, Party / Borgata held a 49% share and WSOP.com accounted for 32% of online poker play in the Garden State. At the other end of the NJ online poker traffic rankings, 888′s All American Poker Network (AAPN) saw a small uptick in the week before the holidays – a 1% bump to 15% that came at the direct…

Caesars Launches WSOP.com Site

Caesars Interactive will soon enter the online gambling ring with its World Series of Poker site at WSOP.com. It’s the second fully-legal, pay-to-play online poker platform in Nevada. The site goes live at 9:19 a.m. today, a play off its release date. The buzz leading up to the launch is undeniable: more than 12,000 players already have signed up. This is all coming together a mere four months after Station Casinos rolled out their Ultimate Poker, which was the first real money, regulated site in the state. After four years of development, Caesars‘ all-star team of programmers and online specialists…

WSOP.com launches real-money poker this week

Las Vegas Review-Journal – A long-anticipated pay-to-play poker website based on the World Series of Poker will launch Thursday morning for customers located in the Nevada. Officials from Caesars Interactive Entertainment, a subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment Corp., said Monday they received final approval from Nevada gaming regulators to begin accepting wagers on WSOP.com. Gibraltar-based 888 Holdings is providing the technology platform for the website. WSOP.com will join Ultimate Poker, which is majority-owned by Station Casinos, as the only two regulated, real money gaming websites currently operating in the U.S. Several other poker websites are also expected to launch in Nevada…

Ultimate Poker vs WSOP.com: Get Ready for a Fight

Sometimes karma can bite you in the butt. World Series of Poker Executive Director Ty Stewart just experienced that pain. Recently, Stewart made light of early troubles that befell Ultimate Poker, the first legal pay-to-play online gambling website in the U.S., which launched April 30. First, Ultimate was caught using an unlicensed and much maligned service provider to identify new players. Then, a glitch in the website caused two 9 of spades to appear on the flop in a game of hold’em. “I think the market is ready for a first-class product,” Stewart told Case Keefer of the Las Vegas…